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" @wird i giedre WILLIAM P. X. sMITIL'or New YORK, N. Y.'

Letters Patent No. 98,643, dated January 4, 1870.

TOY SAVINGS-BANK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lWILLIAM P. X. SMITH, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Toy Savings-Banks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled-in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved savingsbank. i

Figure 2 is an under-.side view of the same, showing the mechanism.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional View of the same, taken throughthe linea x, fig. 1.

. Figure 4 is a de'tailsectional view of the same, taken through the line y'y, fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved toy savings-bank for children, which shall be `so constructed and arranged, that when one part of the igure or device is pressed upon, a piece of money placed upon another part or gure, may be thrown into the mouth of a third figure, which month opens at the proper time to receive it; and

It consists in the combination 'of the three figures, and of the mechanism by which said figures are opeiated, as hereinafter more fnlly described.

A represents the figure of a frog, which is made hollow, and the mouth of which is made movable, so that it may open to receive the money. i

The interior of the frog A communicates with the hollow base or box B, upon which the figures stand.

C isthe figure of a boy, who stands upon a low pedestal, which revolves in the base B, and to the lower end of which is rigidly attached a grooved wheel, D.

The third gure, E, represents a dog, which is placed in a slot in the base B, and is pivoted or attached to a shaft or-rod, F, the ends of which enter ears orA brackets formed upon the under side ofthe top of the base B, so that the forward part of said figure maybe pressed down into the said base.

H is a spring or springs, connected with the base B, and pressing against the under side of the Iigure E, to raise Vsaid figure after the pressure that depressed it has been removed.

I is a cord, one end of which is attached to the bot-I tom of the iigure E, and which passes over the roller J, pivoted to the under side of the top of the base B, and around the grooved wheel D connected with the iigure O.

' The cord I passes from the grooved wheel 1),.vnnder the roller J, and up along a groove in the side4 df the figure E. f l

VBy this construction, as the figure E is pressed down, the cord partially revolves the figure G', which figure Cis revolved back to. its former position by the samecord I, as the figure E is again raised by the spring H. 1

' To the cord I, is attached one end of another cord, K, which passes up into the interior .of the frog A, being kept in position by passing -aronnd guides or rollers, and its other end Yis connected with the movable part` a1 of the frogs mouth, so that the moutlrof the frog may be opened at the same time that the other figures move, and by the same movement.

To the inner surface of the side of the figure A is pivoted a curved lever, a2, to the upper end of which eye-socket, the outer end of said arm being so formed as to represent an eye.

As the mouth of the .iigure A is opened, a pnojecting part or arm of the movable part al operates the lever a2 to project or move the eye, and as the said mouth closes, the said lever is again operated to draw the said eye inward. V

One arm of the figure C is extended, and holds a cap-or dish c1, which is so formed as to receivel and hold a penny or other piece of money, said piece of money resting upon the bar et, the en'ds of which pass down through holes inl the said cap, as shown in figs. l, 2, 3, and 4.

One end of the base c2 has an enlargement or stop" formed upon it, to preventV the said bar from,` getting Y out of place, and; its other end` is bent outward, "as

shown, so `that as the iigure G'irevolves, the said pro-' jecting endmay strike-a ainst the mouth of the gure A, so that the piece o money may falll or be lthrown into the open month of the said figure.

One end, b2, ofthe base B, may be made to slide ont and in, to serve as a door to allow the money to be re moved when desired;

sent other animals or things than those herein Vrepresented, provided they are so arranged that the depression of one may revolve the second, and open the mouth of the. third, to receive the money.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent? I 1. An improved toy savings-bank, formed by the combination of three figures, A' C E, and base or box B, with each other, said parts being so constructed and arranged that the depression of one igure may is attaoheda short arm projecting out through the The three 'igures,.AC E, may be made Ito repre-,

partially revolve the second, and open the mouth of the third, to receive the money, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the spring H, cords I K, roller J, and wheel \D, with `the figures A C Eygtud base or box B, substantially as herein shown and described, zmd for the purposes set forth;

3. Connecting the movable part al, ofthe mouth of the ligure A, -With the eyes of said figure, to project the said eyes as the mouth of said gure is opened, :md to retract them as the mouth is closed, substantinlly its herein shown and described.

The above specilicatiou of my invention signed by me, this 13th (la-y of October, 1869.

WILLIAM P. X. SMITH. Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

